Last Night’s TV: Watson & Oliver

This new female double act presented an old-fashioned comedy cocktail, but its best sketches hit modern targets

Watson & Oliver

BBC Two

It’s the closing scene of the opening night for Watson & Oliver. You’re watching a song-and-dance finale in which two comedians jostle with each other while rubbing up against a big star (sometimes literally). It might transport you back to the great partnership of Morecambe and Wise, who, for so long, contributed almost as much to Christmas cheer as Jesus. But Watson and Oliver’s first names are Lorna and Ingrid, so there’s that other comparison — no pressure then — with French & Saunders, the last female double act to debut on the BBC, back in 1987. (That’s a long time ago, isn’t it?)…